CRAJ Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Apart from Longstone tyres near me in Bawtry (carrying on the highway robbery theme on the great north road made famous by Dick Turpin-at least he wore a mask!) 185-13s are and have been virtually unobtainable for many years.With this in mind and the fact that even though I have at least a dozen 'S' alloys at home (and really despise them) I have got some 5x14 Stag steel wheels and NOS mk1 rostyle trims.This should give a visually correct look.The estate has 6x14 MOMO vega wheels with 195/70/14 tyres, very happy with the tyres but concerned that this size is not recommended as a fitment to a 5" width rim.Currently the pi is on 'S' alloys, 175-14 front, 185-14 rear. The tyres are all of unknown age, but old! So I will have to buy new tyres.175-14 and 185/70/14 will give an inaccurate speedo and lower gearing, 195/70/14 will be a stretch on the rims and 185-14 would again throw the speedo out, but with the benefit of higher gearing and more mpg.185-14 are also difficult to obtain.So what would be the recommendations of other pi owners or Stag owners.Colin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Not a saloon owner, but the 185/70 14 tyres are less than 2% smaller, so a tiny change. a lot of the 80 series tyres will be for vans these days, and they are worth avoiding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgetone Triumph Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 You may find this hard to believe but I run 195/60/14's with the 3.45 diff on the brown estate and the speedo is fairly accurate. Even the flashy sign says 58 and my speedo reads 59mph, If I get stuck behind a Tesco lorries at 40 and my speedo reads 41mph, the revcounter also reads the correct revs for the indicated road speed :)So in a nut shell go for the 60 profiles ;) But buy a good brand of tyre and not cheapies as I have on the estate, because cornering in the wet is danger....exciting ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAJ Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 962 wrote:You may find this hard to believe but I run 195/60/14's with the 3.45 diff on the brown estate and the speedo is fairly accurate. Even the flashy sign says 58 and my speedo reads 59mph, If I get stuck behind a Tesco lorries at 40 and my speedo reads 41mph, the revcounter also reads the correct revs for the indicated road speed :)So in a nut shell go for the 60 profiles ;) But buy a good brand of tyre and not cheapies as I have on the estate, because cornering in the wet is danger....exciting ;D Sounds like how the pi is now with circa 20 year old Daytons on the car. ;)195/60 would still give me the same problem as 195/70, the Stag rims are only 5" wide. I bet yours on the estate are 6" pete or at least 5.5".Colin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAJ Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 cliftyhanger wrote:Not a saloon owner, but the 185/70 14 tyres are less than 2% smaller, so a tiny change. a lot of the 80 series tyres will be for vans these days, and they are worth avoiding.Yes I have noticed this, all to do with the loading (ideally wants to be 91, not 102 for light vans) and I don't want 8ply.Colin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgetone Triumph Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 CRAJ wrote:Sounds like how the pi is now with circa 20 year old Daytons on the car. ;)195/60 would still give me the same problem as 195/70, the Stag rims are only 5" wide. I bet yours on the estate are 6" pete or at least 5.5".Colin.Good question, I will take a look at the wheel size on the estate and let you know ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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